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Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Memorandum of Cooperation between The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for Cooperation in Climate, Ocean and Earth Sciences. The MoC effective for a period of five years was signed on 30th March, 2021, by President, JAMSTEC, Dr. Tadashi Matsunaga and Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director, CSIR-NIO. The MoC is the outcome of the joint coordinated efforts from Dr. Kanae Komaki, International Affairs Section, JAMSTEC, Sh.Venkat K., Collaborations Desk, CSIR-NIO…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A day after the tourism department created a flutter by calling marathas “invaders” in a tweet, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant tried to do a balancing act by calling Chhatrapati Shivaji as a “Great warrior”. The Tourism department’s error has invited criticism from all quarters with the department finally withdrawing the tweet. Taking to tweeter today, Sawant said “I bow in reverence to the Great Warrior King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ji on his Punyatithi today.” The State Tourism Department has been embroiled in a major controversy after it referred Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as an “invader”.…

 Migrant labourer Lalu Singh around 28 years of age, working on a fishing boat, was allegedly murdered by his co-workers on Friday Evenings. Sources added that a scuffle broke out between a group of three workers and after heated arguments and in a fit of rage, the two workers assaulted the deceased with a wooden stick leading to his death. However it is unclear if the scuffle broke out after consumption of alcohol. Verna police on information rushed to the site and carried out panchnama and primary investigation into the incident. Sources at Verna Police have also informed that two…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: The State Executive Committee which met today under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary decided for strict enforcement activities and preventive protocols across the State taking into account the spread of the cases uniformly, reported more from high density urban areas. The Committee while directing the Health Department, Police and Department of Information and Publicity to carry out aggressive awareness campaigns stressed the need for Collectors and Police to strictly implement the existing preventive guidelines to enforce covid appropriate behaviour including levying of fines for violations SEC urged for implementing the norm of track-test-treat and to ramp up…

Goemkarponn Desk Curchorem:Recalling the Khemlo Sawant episode, former Municipal Administration Director and Citizens for Democracy leader Elvis Gomes demanded a criminal investigation into events leading to submission of letter for removal of chairperson of the Curchorem Municipal council and his election a few hours earlier. It may be recalled that congress functionary Khemlo Sawant had been arrested on allegations of influencing a BJP MLA to switch sides. Sawant was later acquitted by the courts. Gomes said that the question was no more whether the action of the Councillors of moving a no confidence motion against the duly elected chairperson was…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Deputy Collector Tiswadi today has informed that the state will not go for another lockdown and has urged establishments and religious places to follow COVID-19 SOPs strictly. “Goa will not to go for a lockdown; asks establishments and religious places to follow COVID-19 SOPs strictly,” said Deputy Collector Tiswadi Gurudas Dessai says Dessai further said that Police officials have been told to keep a strict tab on all places including establishments and religious and those found not following protocols will be penalised. “Police force has been depaloyed at all ourist place in the state to ensure that…

Canacona. Controversies never seems to end for the newly elected Canacona Municipal Council as in the latest instance a photo of the six councillors of the ruling panel which declared themselves as BJP panel met leader of opposition Digambar Kamat at his residence in Margao on Thursday; the photo of the six councillors meeting the leader of opposition went viral before they could even exchange pleasantries stoking a huge controversy in Canacona as to whose the ruling panel belongs to, is it BJP eor the Congress, many questioned on social media. Immediately after the election procedures to elect the chairperson…